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   war
   First noted in September 1948, when the fledgling Indian state conquered Hyderabad:
    In a remarkably successful manoeuvre against Hyderabad's state forces (codenamed 'Operation Polo' and referred to euphemistically as 'police action'), Indian troops destroyed their rivals within four days. (French, 1997)
   The phrase became notorious in the Korean War:
    Truman agreed with a reporter who asked 'Would it be correct to call it a police action under the United Nations?' This was a phrase which would later haunt Truman. (M. Hastings, 1987)

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